Explanation of the Atmarama Verse in Srimad Bhagwatam 133
Nirgrantha, in other words, means one who is after collecting riches and
who is bereft of all riches.

The word Urukrama is used in the sense of a highly powerful person.
Krama is also used in the sense of stepping: one who can step very far forward
is also called Urukrama. The greatest stepping forward was shown by Lord
Vamanadev: by stepping forward with His Foot, He covered the whole Uni-
verse. Therefore, Urukrama means the Supreme Lord Vamanadev. This extra-
ordinary feature of Lord Vamanadev is explained in the Srimad Bhagwatam
as follows: “Nobody can estimate the inconceivable potencies of Lord Vishnu.
Even if one can count the number of the atomic combinations of this material
world, still he is not able to count the different energies of the Supreme Lord.
The Lord, Vamanadev, was so powerful that by stepping forward with His
foot He covered the whole Universe, beginning from the Brahmaloka down
to the Patalaloka.”

The inconceivable energies of the Lord are spread all over the Creation
of the Supreme Lord. He is All-pervading, and by His energy He sustains all
planetary systems. And, by His display of pleasure potency, He is situated in His
personal Abode, known as Goloka. By His expansion of opulence He is situated
all over the Vaikuntha Planets as Narayan. By expanding His material energy,
He has created innumerable Universes with innumerable planets within
them. Therefore, no one can estimate the wonderful activities of the Supreme
Lord. As such, the Supreme Lord is known as Urukrama, or the wonderful
Actor.

In the Visvaprakash Dictionary, the meaning of the word Krama is described
as an expert display of energies, as well as stepping forward very quickly,
and the word Kurvanti is used for working for others. There is another word
similar to this, used when the activities are done for one’s personal sense grat-
ification. But the word Kurvanti is used when activities are performed for the
satisfaction of the Supreme. Therefore this word can be used only for the pur-
pose of rendering transcendental service to the Lord.

The word Hetu is used as the reason, or the cause. People are engaged gener-
ally in transcendental activities for three causes: namely, some of them want
material happiness, some of them want mystic perfection, and some of them
want liberation from this material bondage. So far as material enjoyment is
concerned, there are varieties; nobody can ennumerate how many kinds of
material enjoyments there are. So far as perfections in mystic powers are con-
cerned, there are eighteen. So far as kinds of liberation from the material bond-
age are concerned, there are five. The state of being where all these different
